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# Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game 3rd Edition

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## Customer Reviews

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    Sleek old-school gaming goodness
  

*by D***H on Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023*

I was introduced to roleplaying way back when with the original white box set, and then graduated to Advanced and on to the other systems. Rules sets became more complex, with more options, more detail and on. In some cases, this led to richer gaming experiences and more detailed campaigns. Which is all well and good, but there’s a lot to be said for rules that cut to the chase, keep things simple and allow you to focus on the action.Basic Fantasy Roleplay does just that, providing you with a refined approach to the elegant simplicity of early dungeon adventure rules. Everything you need to play is included, well organized and easy to use. I used Basic Fantasy Roleplay to run a campaign for a group of experience, long-time roleplayers who had a blast playing old school.Highly recommended if you want a fast playing, simpler alternative to the “latest and the greatest” version of that most well-known rules set (which I also enjoy playing).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    This Review is for the full Basic Fantasy Series.
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021*

First, all of these books are free online and the printed books are relatively cheap. There is no denying the value here.  That being said, these books are not a reprint, or update to the Basic/Expert rule sets of 1st Ed DnD.  This is its own system, that borrows heavily from DnD 1e. For example, building your character is simple with no options and not through a plethora of front loaded character creation options like Pathfinder. Instead, your expected to flesh out your character through role-playing and adventures. Attributes have very little affect on the viability of the class, so low ability scores are more for Role-Play purposes than mechanics.  There is no complicated skill trees.  Skill success are purely based on attribute roles and role-play.Much like classic DnD, your expected to flesh out your character through clever role-playing and advancement and not have it all upfront during character creation.  Similarly, spells are far more powerful and impactful than in Pathfinder and modern DnD.  There is no pretense of class balance.  Caster's for example have limited resources and are very weak in the beginning levels and reach exponential power as they advance.  Fighters are strong in the lower levels but are more likely to survive into the higher levels.  Rogues are weaker, but advance much quicker, and have a tool kit of essential skills.  Death is unforgiving.  You roll all starting hitpoints, and once you hit 0 hit points you are dead.  A first level Wizard could have 1 hit point, no armor, a 1d4 dagger and a single first level spell they can cast once a day.The biggest difference between this and 1e is that it uses Ascending Armor Class, rather than the traditional THAC0 from the 1e era.  The book only contains the basic 4 classes and doesn't reprint any of the optional classes, but it does contain a considerable number of the optional rules from supporting 1e supplements.  There is so many of these unnecessary rules, that they are more likely to be resolved by DM agency than referenced in the book with complicated rule sets.  For example, there is rules on how much movement turning consumes and how many people it takes to repair a boat.Still, this isn't why I deducted the point.  A GM will litigate the rules as he sees fit anyway.  My biggest problem is that there are so many tables required to play, and none of them are centrally located.  Its strange that the saving throw and attack progression tables are not in the class creation section, but instead in the combat section.  Many of these tables will be referenced often during a game session and they are spread throughout the book.  At the very least, there should be an appendix with all the tables.As to the supplement adventure books; they are top notch.  They appear to be just reprints of homebrew campaign notes, but the way they are laid out and constructed are DM gold, regardless of what your playing.  They contain gridded maps and plot hooks, but lack any Role-Play details.  This makes a fantastic resource for DMs that want to inject these adventures in their own campaign and populate it with their own colorful role-playing style and goals. They do contain some errors, as they don't appear to be tech edited from their source material, but its nothing game breaking.  For example, in the Chaotic Caverns adventure, there is a set of ruins on the player map, that doesn't appear on the DM map.  Nothing that can't be mitigated by the DM at the table.Regardless, these adventure books can easily be inserted into any fantasy game, including DnD 5e. The gridded maps are well worth the 3 bucks they cost and can be downloaded for free online.Overall, the rule book itself could be better laid out with cleaner rules.  The adventure books are well worth the price and are absolutely 5, if not 6 stars.  Again, it must be emphasized that this is its own system.  If your looking for something more similar to classic DnD, I suggest the Old-School Essentials Rules Tome by Necrotic Gnome/Exalted Funeral.  Its a bit more pricey, but well worth the price in a well constructed pocket sized book and works seamlessly with the Basic Fantasy Adventures. (it has rules for both Ascending and THAC0, making it fully transferrable from the Basic Fantasy books.)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Basic Fantasy-DnD
  

*by E***. on Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023*

I plan on using this rule set in my new campaign.  It has the Old School feel, but is easy for new players to get into. The low price is a definite plus for people just getting into Role playing. I highly recommend this book.

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